Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz again criticized UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. This time he was outraged by the lack of reaction from the Secretary General to the liquidation of the leader of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, in the Gaza Strip. According to Katz, Guterres' silence is a manifestation of his "anti-Israel and anti-Jewish" position.
“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not welcome the removal of arch-terrorist Yahya Sinwar, just as he refused to declare Hamas a terrorist organization after the October 7 [2023] massacre.
Guterres is pursuing an extremist anti-Israel and anti-Jewish agenda. We will continue to consider him persona non grata and ban him from entering Israel,” the minister asserted, whose statements were disseminated by the press service of the Foreign Ministry.
On October 2, Katz banned Guterres from entering the Jewish state and declared him persona non grata due to his failure to condemn Iran's massive missile attack on Israel on October 1.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the infiltration of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and the taking of hostages. In response, Israel launched a military operation in Gaza with the aim of destroying the military and political structure of Hamas and releasing all those abducted.
Guterres is pursuing an extremist anti-Israel and anti-Jewish agenda. We will continue to consider him persona non grata and ban him from entering Israel,” the minister asserted, whose statements were disseminated by the press service of the Foreign Ministry.
On October 2, Katz banned Guterres from entering the Jewish state and declared him persona non grata due to his failure to condemn Iran's massive missile attack on Israel on October 1.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the infiltration of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and the taking of hostages. In response, Israel launched a military operation in Gaza with the aim of destroying the military and political structure of Hamas and releasing all those abducted.
